My '96 1500 2WD seems to be stuck in 3rd and won't kick down. what could be the problem?

 

uhhh your trans is blown, lol

 

Blown how? and what's to be done now?

 

do a search on dodge trannys, they are junk, you're not the first nor the last to have a dodge tranny grenade. as for whats to be done time for a new tranny, or a rebuild more then likely.

 

If a new trans is needed should I put a dodge one back in if they're crap? Do I have other options?
Regards

 

Dr. Evil transmissions are supposed to be the s***.
http://www.dreviltransmissions.com/46RE.htm

 

What do you mean by stuck? When you put it in Drive, does it go through 1st and 2nd?

Once in my 96 Ram, when I put it in drive, all I had was 3rd gear. It wouldn't shift up or down, just had 3rd and reverse. Turned out it was a transmission shift relay. Just in case you're problem is similar.

 

There are pages and pages of tranny issues on here just do a search for it. Will give you things to check before doing anything major.

 

had similar problems but i could get 2nd when manually shifted, not first. do you have a check engine up, mine was gov pressure too high (just rebuilt it myself, working out the kinks i guess....) reset the computer hasn't come up again, not saying this is your problem but if you hav ea light up definitely look into that